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Nah, this is one case where nostalgia is not productive or true. The original System Shock looked like ass— and I don't just mean the quality of the graphics, I

Nah, this is one case where nostalgia is not productive or true. The original System Shock looked like ass— and I don't just mean the quality of the graphics, I mean all the useless junk that you can't get rid of in the interface— and the control scheme was insane, as you'd expect from that early period where game designers were still figuring out how FPS controls worked. Play the remake: it is faithful except where it fixes decisions in the original that were genuinely bad.

lofaszvanitt 3y ago
That pixelated graphics fueled your fantasy. Btw there is an enhanced edition with 1024x graphics...
busterarm 3y ago
For me it perpetuated all of the horrible design decisions that I hated in the original. At least I finished this one, but it was a slog and most sections of the game were not enjoyable for me. For me, System Shock was always a game with great ideas and great character but horrendous execution. Even back then the people touting the game always seemed like they were talking more about the atmosphere of the game than its actual gameplay. In that same year, we were playing Doom II, TIE Fighter, Warcraft, X-COM and Master of Magic. I left out Arena because like System Shock, it was also super jank, especially on release. System Shock was a niche game that most gamers only discovered years later.